• Fraudulent transfer of property

My parents passed away without valid Wills. We are three siblings - two brothers and one sister (myself). All are married. My elder brother's wife got one of the landed properties of the parents transferred to her name without the consent of the three Class 1 heirs. She misrepresented facts and produced an alleged Will to the Municipal authorities and got the transfer of property by such dubious means.

What is the remedy for the three heirs in this case? What Sections of Criminal Law apply?

Please guide.

Thank you.

Mrs. Pankaj N. Gandhi.
Asked 11 years ago in Criminal Law

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2 Answers

In this scenario, you can file an FIR in the nearest police station and approach the deputy registrar with the notice stating the facts that your property has been illegally transferred, and their NOC is not secured from you to sell or transfer the property. Misrepresentation of facts and cheating is punishable under Sec. 420 of IPC.

Kindly initiate notices as early as possible to all the authorities as mentioned by you.

Please let me know should be any further clarifications required, and I would be willing to guide further.

Thanks.

Feroz Shaikh
Advocate, Navi Mumbai
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You have not mentioned whether the will is forged or not ? You can go as suggested by Ld. Adv Feroz Shaikh. You can also file a suit for partition of property and challenge the will during the proceedings. Since other legal heirs are also aggrieved, it will be easy to discard the will in the suit proceedings.

H. S. Thukral
Advocate, New Delhi
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